When You Must Travel With Lots Of Watches And Have Servants, Piaget Is There For You With the Collector's Trunk
I had an opportunity to experience these watch trunks from Piaget a few months ago while some Piaget representatives where in San Francisco at a watch show. I was impressed that the company had these enormous custom made watch cases fit for a passenger on the Titanic. What I didn’t know was that enough people would declare “I want one,” sufficient for Piaget to go out and produce enough of them for sale to the semi-public. Well here you have it, the Piaget Collector’s Trunk is surely kit for a king, or any other manner of royalty (price to correspond).These are very high quality watch cases, that you can travel with. Inside each closing trunk is room for 51 watches, complete with various display modules, watch winders, drawers, mirrors, and other features for the distinguished watch fetishist. Frankly, I’d love one of these trunks, but it will probably cost several times the value of a new luxury car. Piaget themselves only commissions the watch trunks. Th
Baselworld 2013: TAG Heuer Carrera Caliber 36 Flyback Chronographs
TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 36 Flyback Chronograph reference CAR2B80.FC6325It’s 1963 and motor racing, as it is today, is a popular pastime all over the world and certainly here in America.? The American muscle car companies and the well known European car companies, are all battling for dominance on the track.? As they do today, these car races are also the place for experimenting with the latest engines, tires, chassis, and overall race car designs.It is in this context that Jack Heuer, the honorary chairman of the now TAG Heuer company, would make one of the boldest moves in the Swiss watch industry.? Driven by a passion for the sport as well as their superbly crafted mechanical chronographs, under Jack’s leadership, Heuer would become the first watch company to be the official timekeeper for various racing circuits, and in a genius business move, Heuer chronographs would also adorn the wrists of many of the leading drivers.